land grant
Government property allocation
A land grant is an allocation of government-owned land to an individual, organization, or institution.
In American history, land grants established colleges and universities—the land-grant institutions funded by federal land sales: She attended a land-grant university in the Midwest.
Land grants also encouraged railroad construction and westward settlement.
Federal land distribution legislation
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- frontierEdge of settlement
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
preemption · acreage · allotment · parcel · tract · patent · deed · sod house
Charitable gift or deed
- bequestGift left by will
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
charter · proprietor · grantor · conveyance · title transfer · deed · estate · manor
Formal transfer of territory
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
charter · reservation · Native American · tribal lands · reparations · treaty rights
Agricultural terrain
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- acreageAmount of land owned
soil · plowing · sowing · crop rotation · pasture · orchard · vineyard · husbandry
Institution teaching farming sciences
- public universityGovernment-funded higher education institution
- state universityGovernment-funded higher education institution
- research institutionBody conducting systematic inquiry
- flagshipCommander's principal vessel
tuition · campus · enrollment · faculty · curriculum · degree · scholarship · alumni
Homestead Act
Federal land distribution legislation
claim · preemption · acreage · allotment · parcel · tract · patent · deed · sod house · dugout
benefaction
Charitable gift or deed
philanthropy · charter · proprietor · grantor · conveyance · title transfer · deed · estate · manor · public lands
cession
Formal transfer of territory
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
jurisdiction · charter · reservation · Native American · tribal lands · reparations · treaty rights
farmland
Agricultural terrain
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
acreage · soil · plowing · sowing · crop rotation · pasture · orchard · vineyard · husbandry · agronomy
agricultural college
Institution teaching farming sciences
- public universityGovernment-funded higher education institution
- state universityGovernment-funded higher education institution
- research institutionBody conducting systematic inquiry
flagship · tuition · campus · enrollment · faculty · curriculum · degree · scholarship · alumni · agricultural education
- Ottoman landtimar, has, tapu, charitable trust
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- historical documentsDeclaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers
- historical recordsdiary, census record, annual reviews, letter, government records
land grantland purchase
Buying terrain or lots
land sale · land lease · real estate transaction · land auction · land contract
land grantland seizure
Forcible taking of territory
eminent domain · dispossession · condemnation · expropriation · forfeiture
land, grant, landscape, granting, granted, landowner, landholder, landward, grantee